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EP 0 367 391 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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24.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/17 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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09.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/19 |
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Date of filing: 12.09.1989 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
22.09.1988 JP 238119/88
27.10.1988 JP 271838/88
04.08.1989 JP 203636/89
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Applicant: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
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Chuo-ku, Osaka (JP) |
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- Taguchi, Tetsuya
Kakogawa
Hyogo 675 (JP)
- Nakao, Yukihiro
Tondabayashi
Osaka 584 (JP)
- Kasai, Hiroshi
Kawabe-gun
Hyogo 666-02 (JP)
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Representative: Lewin, John Harvey et al |
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Elkington and Fife
Prospect House
8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB) |
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Method of producing linear curdlan gels |
(57) Linear curdlan gels can be produced continuously by heating an aqueous suspension
of curdlan at a temperature not lower than 85°C during and/or after passage through
a small-diameter tubing with a sectional area of 0.1 to 30 mm² at a discharge rate
not exceeding 500 cm/sec. The thus obtained gels can be utilized as various food materials.